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"If we want to find inner peace and wisdom, we needn't move to an ashram or monastery. Our buddha nature--our natural warmth and insight--can be discovered right where we are, in the context of our relationships, our family lives, and in our efforts help and serve others. Popular spiritual teacher Jack Kornfield shares this and other key lessons gleaned from more than forty years of committed study and practice. A student of some of the most revered meditation masters of the twentieth century, Kornfield offers keen observations about the rise of mindfulness practice in the West and shares his insights on finding freedom right where we are. Topics include: How to cultivate loving-kindness, compassion, joy, and equanimity. Conscious parenting. Overcoming the common obstacles to awakening. Spirituality and sexuality. Committing ourselves to easing the suffering in the world. The way of forgiveness, and much more"--

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Enjoyed reading this book. I find myself turning to it as a reminder to live here in the NOW! And find beauty in EVERTYTHING! Peace starts with me. Understanding starts with me. Compassion starts with me.

Georgette

Review: Bringing Home the Dharma: Awakening Right Where You Are I found this book to be very helpful in my own quest for bringing more and more peace and love into my home and in my life.

James Rupert

Review: Bringing Home the Dharma: Awakening Right Where You Are Covers so much. Put a lot in perspective for me regarding the right spiritual path vs simply a spiritual path as a means of escape , further manifestation of ego. Will read again.

Stan Bartkus

Review: Bringing Home the Dharma: Awakening Right Where You Are I did this as an audio book, mostly in the car while driving. Progressing at the rate of an entire chapter-at-a-time/day. It was well worth the time & cost to learn the practical how-to's of Buddhism without the intensity of studying to be a Monk.

Bishop Bergland

Review: Bringing Home the Dharma: Awakening Right Where You Are This book is without doubt one of the best books on Buddhism I have ever read. Jack Kornfield is a profound teacher with a gentle heart. Whether you are just beginning to look into Buddhism or are a long time practitioner, this book is for you!

Ken Nickell

Review: Bringing Home the Dharma: Awakening Right Where You Are This book was a great read but it wasn't Kornfield's best. This book reminded me that academic research is important but a significant part of Buddhist teachings are communicated through sitting on mediation cushions.

Enjoyed reading this book. I find myself turning to it as a reminder to live here in the NOW! And find beauty in EVERTYTHING! Peace starts with me. Understanding starts with me. Compassion starts with me.

Review: Bringing Home the Dharma: Awakening Right Where You Are Covers so much. Put a lot in perspective for me regarding the right spiritual path vs simply a spiritual path as a means of escape , further manifestation of ego. Will read again.

Review: Bringing Home the Dharma: Awakening Right Where You Are I did this as an audio book, mostly in the car while driving. Progressing at the rate of an entire chapter-at-a-time/day. It was well worth the time & cost to learn the practical how-to's of Buddhism without the intensity of studying to be a Monk.

Review: Bringing Home the Dharma: Awakening Right Where You Are This book is without doubt one of the best books on Buddhism I have ever read. Jack Kornfield is a profound teacher with a gentle heart. Whether you are just beginning to look into Buddhism or are a long time practitioner, this book is for you!

Review: Bringing Home the Dharma: Awakening Right Where You Are This book was a great read but it wasn't Kornfield's best. This book reminded me that academic research is important but a significant part of Buddhist teachings are communicated through sitting on mediation cushions.

Review: Bringing Home the Dharma: Awakening Right Where You Are Jack Kornfield hits a home run. Great sections on his person dharma journey, some of the great teachers who have influenced him, applications of the dharma to everyday life, and he ends with several very specific practices.

Review: Bringing Home the Dharma: Awakening Right Where You Are Though much of the book is about the experience of meditation and meditative retreats, and the different ways to intensively strive for mindfulness, Kornfield also clearly shows how to be mindful and thoughtful in our daily lives. the book gave me much to think about.

Review: Bringing Home the Dharma: Awakening Right Where You Are The most beautiful account of meditation in the world that I have read. Highly recommended, and such a gift for everyone who is touched by it.

Review: Bringing Home the Dharma: Awakening Right Where You Are Usually when I read a book on Buddhism, my blue-collar Western-mind will say, "Beautiful, but this wont work in my reality:" Finally a guide that mingles the East and the West and realizes the beauty, and shows the possibility of this new stage.

Review: Bringing Home the Dharma: Awakening Right Where You Are This is a collection of previously published although expanded articles. As a result, there is a lot of redundancy in what Kornfield says. I was not aware that this book is a compilation, rather than ...

Review: Bringing Home the Dharma: Awakening Right Where You Are I love this book: Bringing Home the Dharma: Awakening Right Where You Are by Jack Kornfield. It reflects Jack's wide open heart, his gentleness and mindfulness. As I was reading his words I could hear ...

Review: Bringing Home the Dharma: Awakening Right Where You Are This very well-written book should be titled "The Collected Essays of Jack Kornfield," but that would have given it limited marketing potential. I expected an insightful guide to family life (okay, I ...

Review: Bringing Home the Dharma: Awakening Right Where You Are Thanks to Jack Kornfield, I took a slow and mindful read. The desire to bring meditation into my life is now fully blown, having never been so convincingly presented to me. Kornfield's essay ...

Review: Bringing Home the Dharma: Awakening Right Where You Are I was excited to read this book because, with an infant and a fulltime job, I have barely any time to meditate, let alone attend retreats. I was especially happy to see a chapter on parenting. I ...

Review: Bringing Home the Dharma: Awakening Right Where You Are I love Jack Kornfield's writing, and this is a fascinating "grab bag" of perhaps everything that he's been asked about that he hasn't yet fit into a book. After several chapters of introduction to ...

Review: Bringing Home the Dharma: Awakening Right Where You Are I really liked how this book covered many of the topics I've been thinking about in a clear, realistic fashion. It was very helpful to me to see some of my ideas and concerns validated in this book ...

Review: Bringing Home the Dharma: Awakening Right Where You Are I read this little by little everyday before Tai Chi/yoga combo and meditation. I have highlighted many passages. What I truly appteciate about Kornfield is his honesty with his own struggles, his ...

Review: Bringing Home the Dharma: Awakening Right Where You Are I do not necessarily identify with Buddhism, but I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I'm curious about different philosophies of life, and this provided a fresh and equally wholesome platter of such. If ...

Review: Bringing Home the Dharma: Awakening Right Where You Are Definitely not one of Kornfiled's better works. Some of his books have truly moved and inspired me, this one seemed like a shallow rehash of earlier works. An effort to add just one more title to the ...

Review: Bringing Home the Dharma: Awakening Right Where You Are I thought it was a reasonable synthesis of other Kornfield's works. Naturally, some anecdotes were retold and there was a long chapter on spirit rock that read far too long and a felt a bit like an ...

Review: Bringing Home the Dharma: Awakening Right Where You Are Really well written. I don't know how writing can be accepting, but this is. Mixed bag of applicability, side it's kind of a collection of essays, but damn fine overall. (I want to say "thank you"; which I guess I should include.)

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